Toast-rack.



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TOAST RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12, 1907.

Patented Nov. 16, 1909.

UNITED STATES PAT N rrron CHILION P. CONGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOAST-RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHILIoN P. CONGER, a citizen of the United States,resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have made a certain new and useful Invention in Toast-Racks; and Ideclare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of thesame, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, whichform apart of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side viewof the same, partly broken away, showing the triscuit or crackers indotted lines. Fig. 3 is an end view of the rack.

The invention has relation to serving racks, designed especially fortriscuit or crackers of definite form, and it consists in the novelconstruction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is mainly to provide means for serving hottriscuit in an acceptable manner.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, the letter a,designates a shallow pan or receptacle which forms the lower portion ofthe rack. This pan or receptacle is designed to be of rectangular form,and to have a wall b, rising from its bottom about an inch, or to aheight which is much less than the breadth of the cracker or triscuitindicated at c. This pan is provided with bearings or feet (Z, locatedunder the corner portions of its bottom.

To the pan base a, upon'two opposite sides thereof are secured aplurality of upright arms or bars 0, which extend upward from its sidesand above the same a distance about equal to the height of said sides.To the upper ends of these side bars 6, and within the same, is attachedby means of rivets f, or otherwise, a narrow rectangular margin rail 9,of similar shape to the rectangular side wall I), of the pan and ofequal inclosure. The four sides of this marginal rail are designed to belocated above and in the planes of the sides of the base pan, and areseparated from the upper edge of said pan by the openings it, throughwhich air is designed to have access to the toast or crackers, whichrest edgewise in the rack. The height of the rail from the bottom ofSpecification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 16, 1909.

Application filed June 12, 1907.

Serial No. 378,469.

the pan is less than the breadth of one of the crackers, as indicated inthe drawings. The upright bars k, at the other two opposite sides of thepan base and which are attached thereto and to the margin rail, areextended upward and connected in arch form over the middle portion ofthe rack, forming a convenient handle. Partition bars m, are arrangedparallel to the sides a, of the marginal rail, and at a distance fromsaid sides n, and from each other, when more than one is employed, lessthan the breadth of the triscuit or cracker for which the rack isdesigned. These partition bars m, are each connected to the bottom ofthe pan by means of upright bars 79, which assist in forming 'thepartition between two compartments of the rack. These compartments aredesigned in this way to be about as wide as they are deep from themargin rail to the bottom of the pan base.

hen more than one of the partition bars m, are employed their number isalways uneven and the handle bar is always located in the same plane asthe central partition bar. In this case the partition bars throughouttheir length are separated from each other and from opposite sides ofthe marginal top rail by uninterrupted spaces. When only one partitionbar is employed the handle bar is located in the same plane thereas, andopposite sides of the marginal top rail are separated therefromthroughout the length thereof by uninterrupted spaces.

By means of this rack, a number of crackers can be heated and carried tothe serving table, and, as they are kept from falling flatwise on thebottom of the pan by the margin rail and partitions, they can be easilytaken from the rack by their upper edges. Even when the last cracker ina compartment has fallen into slanting position, it can be readilyreached through the open top and the openings in the sides of thecompartments.

The base pan is designed not only to assist in keeping the crackers hot,but also to serve as a reservoir to catch the waste threads or fiberswhich are apt to become detached from crackers of this kind, when movedabout in use.

Having described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is 1. A rack for triscuit or crackers, including aquadrangular shallow pan having a solid bottom, upturned sides andmarginal upright bars, a marginal top rail having connection with theupper end portions of said bars, a central transverse partition barparallel to opposite sides of the marginal top rail and separatedtherefrom throughout its length by uninterrupted spaces whereby the rackis divided into compart ments each of which extends entirely across thesame, said partition bar having brace connection with the bottom of saidpan, and an upright handle bar lying in the same plane as said partitionbar.

2. A rack for triscuit or crackers, including a quadrangular shallow panhaving a solid bottom, vertical sides and marginal upright bars, amarginal top rail having connection With the upper end portions of saidbars, transverse partition bars parallel to opposite sides of themarginal top rail and separated throughout their length from each otherand from the parallel sides of the marginal top rail by uninterruptedelongated spaces, and a handle bar.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

CHILION P. CONGER. Witnesses L. H. CARR, ETTA FARLEY.

